republic-os/legislation/us/states/wa/2017-2018/sb-6544.md

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Bill	Establishing the future of work task force.	Establishing the future of work task force.	us/states/wa	Washington Legislature	2017-2018	SB 6544	Washington SB 6544 (2017-2018)	bill	WORKER TRAINING AND WORKFORCE NEEDS LEGISLATURE LABOR EMPLOYMENT AND EMPLOYEES	enacted	Chase	2	34	2	2018-01-24	2018-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/7262aed8-a29b-4c47-8243-cd8536923c0e	http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=6544&year=2017	46b5921e2d513b5814bd8ae5a99df43280d4f19a4bda1fa05fa56cbd61556f8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-wa

Washington SB 6544 (2017-2018) — Establishing the future of work task force.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Bill (committee substitute) — source
2. Substitute Bill (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Final Passage (#27) — 50–48 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading & Final Passage (#20) — 36–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chase — primary (person)
• Brown — cosponsor (person)
• Conway — cosponsor (person)
• Hasegawa — cosponsor (person)
• Takko — cosponsor (person)
• Wagoner — cosponsor (person)
• Wellman — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2018-01-24 First reading, referred to Economic Development & International Trade. reading-1
• 2018-01-25 EDIT - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-01-25 And refer to Ways & Means. referral-committee
• 2018-01-26 Referred to Ways & Means.
• 2018-02-06 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-06 WM - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. passage
• 2018-02-06 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-06 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-06 Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
• 2018-02-08 Placed on second reading by Rules Committee.
• 2018-02-09 1st substitute bill substituted. substitution
• 2018-02-09 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-02-09 Third reading, passed; yeas, 36; nays, 11; absent, 0; excused, 2. reading-3
• 2018-02-13 First reading, referred to Higher Education (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report). reading-1
• 2018-02-23 HE - Majority; do pass.
• 2018-02-23 Minority; do not pass.
• 2018-02-23 Minority; without recommendation.
• 2018-02-23 Referred to Appropriations.
• 2018-03-01 Committee relieved of further consideration.
• 2018-03-01 Placed on second reading.
• 2018-03-02 Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.
• 2018-03-02 Held on third reading.
• 2018-03-02 Third reading, passed; yeas, 50; nays, 48; absent, 0; excused, 0. reading-3
• 2018-03-06 President signed. passage
• 2018-03-08 Speaker signed. passage
• 2018-03-09 Delivered to Governor.
• 2018-03-27 Governor signed. executive-signature
• 2018-03-27 Chapter 294, 2018 Laws. became-law
• 2018-03-27 Effective date 6/7/2018. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7262aed8-a29b-4c47-8243-cd8536923c0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Washington legislature records).